Site Reliability Engineer

  • Australia
  • Adelaide
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable
  • Site Reliability Engineer
  • 12 months fixed term
  • Adelaide based role

The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) will modernise, transform and deliver a range of sustainable, user-focussed, digital government services for the South Australian community supporting the government’s objectives and goals. The position will influence strategy and lead system infrastructure to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of systems, including hands-on configuration of complex components. The SRE will provide technical expertise and direction to solve complex problems on infrastructure activities and advise leadership on the infrastructure required to enable delivery of all major digital projects

Required Skills:

  • Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and technologies used for web applications, e.g. Linux, databases, backups, CDNs.
  • Can demonstrate a working familiarity with at least one programming language such as Typescript, Java, Python, Javascript, .NET.
  • Significant experience in managing public cloud services particularly Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS.
  • Experience with public cloud services and the use of orchestration tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, GitOps
  • Familiarity with working practices such as test-driven development, continuous integration and continuous delivery
  • Significant experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar software engineering role in large and complex organisations
  • Comprehensive knowledge of integration technology, automation and cloud coding languages.
  • Significant experience in networking security, databases and cloud systems.
  • Demonstrated expertise in scripting languages, system and server administration and mass system deployments.
  • Detailed knowledge of relevant government policy and agency procedures and their application in relation to operations and enterprise ICT infrastructure, systems, functionality and implementation strategies.
  • Proven ability to manage effectively in an environment of change by providing leadership, coordination, consultation, motivation, delegation and monitoring.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a particular focus on building relationships and developing shared understanding.
  • Proven ability to work under broad direct direction exercising significant level of initiative and decision making in complex operation matters with the context of established corporate goals and government policies.
  • Demonstrated ability to work with a team with multiple priorities and tight timeframes.
  • Demonstrated experience in the application of the relevant legislation, policies and procedures, including Code of Ethics, EEO and cultural inclusion.
  • An understanding of the legislative requirements of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012.
  • An understanding of and ability to work/manage to the spirit and principles of AS ISO 31000:2018 Risk management – Guidelines.

Key Outcomes:

  • Lead and plan systems infrastructure to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of all systems, including hands-on configuration of complex components.
  • Lead an evolving DevOps Tools & enablement strategy by proactively reviewing, developing and implementing strategies, processes and procedures to achieve automation objectives, including implementation of automation tools and frameworks.
  • Optimise the organisation’s computing architecture by managing the improvement to the design and operation of citizen facing systems to make them more scalable and to increase reliability and more efficiency.
  • Provide technical expertise to solve complex problems on infrastructure activities and ensure operations are managed and maintained according to service management and security organisation frameworks.
  • Automate tasks, deployment, and test by creating infrastructure as code, and maintaining the quality of code produced.
  • Ensure the reliability and performance of critical citizen facing system by developing and implementing strategies to ensure high availability of systems to citizens and agencies that rely on them.
  • Identify patterns in system performance issues and create strategies and policies to overcome them.
  • Communicate effectively to leadership and development teams the resulting new policies and oversee the implementation.
  • Promote team cohesion, productivity, and collaboration, as a leader within Digital Programs, and act as a digital ambassador by supporting the recruitment of highly qualified staff and identifying best practices within the industry.

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